James Alexander Horne

Forenames

James Alexander AWMM

Surname

Horne AWMM

Service number

• 10 AWMM
• 72561 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

28 Dec 1874 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Naenae, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mr Charles Horne, Bay Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Jessie May Fee (sister), Oaklands Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, new Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Kimberley AWMM
• Driefontein AWMM
• 24 May 1900-31 May 1902 AWMM Transvaal AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 10 AWMM
• 72561 AWMM

Military service

Heretaunga Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medals and Awards

Queen's South Africa Medal (Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein, Transvaal clasps) AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 1917 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
• WW1 Private AWMM 38th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

WW1 11 Nov 1918 AWMM
Demobbed AWMM
Trooper AWMM
44th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM

Horne also served as a Sergeant in World War One.

Listed as a 2nd Reserves in the Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II

Father was named John Horne. AWMM

Death

29 Mar 1930 AWMM
Age  53 AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Plot 844 GC2 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520941
  Further Reference

References

• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.